The six-hitter by Lohse (3-6) came after Brad Radke's four-hitter and Johan Santana's three-hitter to start the series. The Royals, who lost their eighth straight game and 13th in 14, have one run in their last 37 innings.

Rookie Joe Mauer had his first career four-hit game, and Minnesota's first five batters Cristian Guzman, Lew Ford, Mauer, Corey Koskie and Torii Hunter went 14-for-21.

Nomar Garciaparra, Manny Ramirez and Mark Bellhorn homered for the Red Sox. Boston has scored 22 runs on 32 hits in the first two games of the series.

Martinez (9-3) allowed one earned run on five hits and a walk, striking out seven. Oakland's Mark Redman (6-6) allowed six earned runs on nine hits in 2 2-3 innings.

Blue Jays 12, Mariners 4

TORONTO Josh Phelps homered twice and had a career-high seven RBIs to lead Toronto over struggling Seattle.

Phelps' had a mammoth grand slam off Julio Mateo that landed in the fifth deck at SkyDome. He also hit a two-run homer off Travis Blackley (1-1) and added an RBI double to become the fifth Toronto player with seven RBIs in a game.

Toronto's Josh Towers (3-3) allowed four runs on 10 hits in 6 1-3 innings, but the Mariners still lost their fifth straight game.